April 2, 2015 / Front Page

Thanks to the school department, taxpayers may be looking at a smaller tax increase than previously announced, Town Administrator Andy Nota indicated at a budget workshop last week. At a joint Town Council and school board meeting on March 26, More...

Dorothy A. (Rodgers) Dexter, 97, of Jamestown, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2015, at the Grand Islander in Middletown. She was the wife of the late Charles F. Dexter. Born in Portsmouth, N.H., a daughter of the late Arthur B. More...

Starting Monday night, traffic traversing the Newport Bridge is expected to get a bit worse. There is good news, however. According to spokeswoman Dee Dee Edmonson, the worst of the delays should be over by Friday morning. More...

A new addition and upgrades for the central fire station could cost taxpayers a little more than $2 million, the Town Council learned Monday night. “The number is higher than we hoped,” Councilor Mary Meagher said, “but I&rsqu More...

Tuesday morning was bittersweet for longtime Jamestown Designs customers like Carol Jennings. “We mustn’t be teary-eyed,” she said, but the news that Deb Swistak and Carol Anderson will close their doors after 43 years in bus More...

The Jamestown Women’s Club will hold its annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, at the ball fields on Lawn Avenue. The hunt will start promptly at 10 a.m. The Easter bunny will be available to take pictures with children. More...

The Jamestown Police Department from March 23 to March 30 responded to 375 calls for service. Of those calls, officers performed 185 security checks of vacant homes, businesses and public buildings. More...